Cross-cultural reliability and generality of the megargee offender classification system

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 725-740

  Rossi, Gina ^a   Sloore, Hedwig ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Classification; Cluster analysis; Cross cultural; Generality; Megargee system; Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2; Offenders; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949087531     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808316300     Document Type: Article

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